Golf rules and etiquette
Safety first
Where balls fly through the air at high speeds, rules are needed to ensure a certain level of safety. Golf etiquette regulates behavior on the golf course and must be observed by every player.
Important golf rules
:: Respect the course rules
:: If you tee off and your ball might hit other golfers, yell "Fore!" loudly.
:: Basically play the ball as it lies.
:: Every shot counts
:: Put divots on the fairways (as well as throughout the course) back.
:: Always remember to let a following, faster flight play through. In the general interest, always play without delay.
Golf vocabulary worth knowing
In the winter months, but also when the course conditions are poor, the game management may order that the ball may be "better laid".
Applies only on the fairway.
A gross score in golf is always the score against the golf course, regardless of a golfer's handicap.
Is an obstacle in the form of deepened ground, filled with sand.
Carries the clubs of the player
Hole played in one stroke, the dream of every golfer.
If you play a hole 3 strokes under par, e.g. a par 5 with 2 strokes
Played 2 under par (e.g. a par 4 by 2 strokes)
1 under par played (e.g. par 5 with 4 strokes)
Is the number of strokes a first-class player with a zero handicap needs to play on a hole under normal circumstances. Abbreviation for: "Professional average Result"
1 over par (named after Colonel Boogey)
2 over par
3 über Par3 over par
Drop the ball due to a rule taking effect
Short mowed fairway
Group of golfers
The handicap expresses how well a player could theoretically play.
In a joke round, you may repeat the 1st tee shot without penalty if it is "unusable".
The golf net score reflects the result after deducting the handicap from the gross score.
Practice balls that may not be used on the round.
Tall uncut grass
Player with zero handicap
Is the score a scratch player should achieve on a measured course (usually 71 to 73).
1. tee, 2. put wooden or plastic pin to the ball.
